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giovedì 18 settembre 2014

Some 100,000 children in Italy have 'complex disorders'

Psychiatrists say care needs 'outstanding'

(ANSA)
- Milan, September 17 - Around 100,000 children in Italy have
"complex neuropsychiatric disorders with outstanding needs",
experts announced on Wednesday at a Milan convention on child
psychiatry. Experts revealed approximately 100,000 children were "in
a situation of particular complexity and their care needs are still
too often outstanding" and 3.6 million children had
neuropsychiatric disorders overall.

Antonella
Constantine, President of the Italian Society of Childhood
Neuropsychiatry (SINPIA), said that children and families "run
the risk of being confused by the different responses that they
receive depending on the service to which they are addressed or
workers they rely". Specialists emphasized that patient's health
needs require coordinated and skilled answers and investigations in
order to proceed forward with appropriate care. The convention was
held at the Mario Negri Institute in Milan.